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by madrox·4mo ago·view on hn ↗
Ok, I'm following you. You're saying because labor gets cheaper it will be harder to make a living providing labor. Not disagreeing, but I wonder how much weight to give this argument. History shows a precedent of productivity revolutions changing the workforce, but not eliminating it, and lifting the quality of life of the population overall (though it does also create problems). Mixed bag with the arc bending towards betterment for all. You could argue that this moment is unprecedented in history, but unless the human spirit changes, for better or worse, we will adapt as we always have, rich and poor alike.

If the value of many kinds of labor go towards zero, those benefits also go to the poor. ChatGPT has a free tier. The method of escaping poverty will still be the same. Grow yourself. Provide value to your community.

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Entire classes of workers have been put in the poorhouse on a near permanent basis due to technological changes, many tines during the past two centuries of industrial civilization. Without systemic structural changes to support the workforce this will happen/is already happening with AI.